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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1911
Page
7
The city observed a largely safe Fourth of July but several accidents occurred as women burned by roman candles and rockets. A hole appeared in a dress from a giant cracker and one person narrowly avoided a rocket blast. Officials urge a designated setting area and street-firework prohibition next year.
The last legislature passed a sweeping weights and measures act taking effect August 1. Merchants and all buyers sellers must have scales and devices inspected by deputy sealers, with penalties for noncompliance. Counties must inspect annually, wagons and rails biannually, fees range from five cents to five dollars. The Livingston city council praised a new ordinance banning loitering and benches near hotels as protection for women, urging enforcement in Dillon as well.
The text outlines authority for arrests and detentions without warrants, and requires deputy sealers to maintain complete device records by number, report regularly, and keep books for inspection fees. It highlights comprehensive weights and measures coverage and urges businesses to obtain a copy of the bill for review.
The proposed lighting system was abandoned. The reason given emphasizes that advertising value lies in the medium and approach, not the large expenditure.
A brief note comments on warm conditions and expresses a preference against being in Kansas or Nebraska. The message is casual and non newsworthy with no specific events or dates.
The weather shifts to hot waves and a fresh start for the contest. Past experience guides clubs as they renew efforts to gain the cup, seeking stronger performances in the coming rounds.
A rural mail route loss echoes in Twin Bridges dramatic Fourth of July baseball win. The result showcases local effort and community spirit as players secure a narrow victory in a ballgame that carried more than sports stakes.
A Boston husband sues for divorce citing his wife refused to cook beefsteak for breakfast. He argues she should be grateful he could afford the meat.
A local note says the Beaverhead club has suspended activities and discusses organizing a live wire association with a publicity stunt planned to benefit the city. The plan aims to raise profile and civic interest through a coordinated public event.
A man was found in Short Line park eating grass yesterday. Doctors are puzzled by the case and say the strain of watching the game on Tuesday may have been too much for him.
Dr. Eugenia Hancock comments that more wives are spendthrift than husbands in America. She cites a high rate of spending and urges caution in financial judgments within marriages.
A copy of a revamped stock paper from the middle west named The Missouri Ruralist arrives at the exchange desk. The text hints at earning and a rough season beside a Montana street bar with playful asides about age and identity.
A collection of editorial quips and short items criticizes reciprocity and road quality, notes missteps in trials and law, and jokes about industry, transportation, and public figures. Highlights include mentions of the plate glass trust, white slave talk, Southern Pacific train robbers, and Senator Bourne.
The Anaconda Copper Company, after years of amalgamating varied assets in Butte Montana, now focuses on divorcing its sales department in a bid to streamline operations and improve efficiency.
Treasury records show 300000 in gold coin and 800000 in unclaimed interest checks. Owners do not claim funds, with cases including a man holding 60000 and a contractor owed 21000 from pavement work on Pennsylvania Avenue. Some funds may never be retrieved as legal and administrative issues persist.
Railroads grant a fare and a third for round trips from all Montana points to Helena for the Woodmen of the World log rolling gathering on July 22. Tickets sell July 20 21 22 good return July 23. Events at Central Park include drill teams log sawing cordwood contests running races with cash prizes and an expected attendance of 1500 to 3000.
The Rev. Thomas Harwood, 82, national chaplain of the Grand Army, married here Saturday to Mrs. Mary Clark, 64, who is eighteen years younger.
Julius W. Hopkins former teller at First National Bank pleaded guilty before Federal Judge Day to embezzling 104000 dollars. He was sentenced to seven years in the federal penitentiary at Leavenworth Kansas.
In Nogales Arizona A Reed a wagon man attached to the Sixth United States cavalry shot and killed Private Graves of H troop on Monday. The authorities say the shooting was without provocation and Reed was arrested by civil authorities.
Louis W. Hill pledges a $1000 cup to the Montana county with the best roads after the St Paul Helena auto race. A committee with Twin Cities business leaders will judge the counties, as they tour the state to determine the winner.
Lieut. Thomas L. Osborne of the United States Navy committed death by his own hand on a Sunday aboard the gunboat Tacoma at the New York navy yard. Osborne, born in Murphysboro Illinois, served as senior engineer officer of the Tacoma.
Retha S. Stucker a 7 year old girl was found with seventeen bruises after her father and step mother allegedly fastened leather straps to her wrists with a short chain and suspended her from a wall hook as punishment in Utica N Y. The child was brought to court Monday for charging the parents.
A. G. Wright, a Chicago clerk, killed himself by leaping from the tenth story of the Masonic temple to the court below. He died instantly.
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